ROCHESTER — New Hampshire State Police arrested two motorcyclists traveling up the Spaulding Turnpike Sunday morning who were each clocked at traveling just around 120 mph.

Trooper Craig Gagne said the answer received when asked where the two were headed was Middleton, to drop the bikes off for storage from Barrington.

Subsequently, Dennis Pinson, 24, of Barrington, was charged with reckless driving, for his high rate of speed, driving after suspension and misuse of plates. Gagne explained Pinson's license was suspended out of Virginia and before registering his new motorcycle, Pinson switched over his old license plates onto the new bike for the short trip to Middleton. When Gagne ran the plates, he figured out the scheme and realized Pinson hadn't registered the vehicle yet.

Pinson's traveling companion, William Emerson, 22, also of Barrington, was also arrested and charged with reckless driving.

Gagne noted he clocked the two men traveling respectively at 118 and 125 mph on the turnpike just north of Rochester and said in his experience, outrageous speeding isn't that uncommon.

“(It's) during the summer, usually,” Gagne said. “During the summer, motorcycles (have been observed) traveling at a high rate of speed … over 100 miles per hour.”

Gagne said in some cases, state troopers aren't around to catch the travelers or, in the event they are spotted, the motorcyclists usually get away or troopers are called off to avoid a dangerous high-speed pursuit.

A department press release noted Gagne was able to radio ahead to another trooper Sunday, at approximately 11:20 a.m., to notify him of the approaching riders.

Pinson and Emerson are scheduled to appear for arraignments out of Rochester Circuit Court on March 6.